Name: Carrot cake slice
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Ingredients: 2 cup self-raising flour; 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar; 2 cup grated carrot; 1 cup vegetable oil; 3 eggs, lightly whisked; 375 gram light cream cheese, at room temperature; 1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice; 3/4 cup icing sugar; orange and green food colouring, to tint

Carrot cake slice

Lightly spiced with cinnamon, this carrot cake slice is always popular. Piping the decorations is easy if you use a little sandwich bag with the corner snipped off.

Makes 15

Prep

25M

Cook

45M

Total

1H 10M

Ingredients

2 cup self-raising flour

2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

2 cup grated carrot

1 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs, lightly whisked

375 gram light cream cheese, at room temperature

1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice

3/4 cup icing sugar

orange and green food colouring, to tint

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan forced. Grease and line a 26 x 16cm (base measurement) slice pan with baking paper.

Combine flour, cinnamon and brown sugar in a bowl. Add carrot, oil and egg; stir to combine. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean. Stand in pan for 10 minutes. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.

Using an electric mixer, beat cream cheese, juice and sifted icing sugar in a bowl until light and creamy. Reserve 1/3 cup of the icing. Spread remaining icing over cooled cake. Cut cake into 15 squares. Tint half the reserved icing orange; tint the other half green. Place orange icing in a small piping bag fitted with a 2mm nozzle. Pipe carrots at centre of each piece of cake. Place green icing in a small piping bag fitted with a 2mm nozzle. Pipe stalks onto carrots. Serve.

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